Integrated water resources management

Flashback on the workshop on innovative approaches for water management in urban areas, the integrated urban water management (IUWM), which recently gathered water experts from around the world in Abidjan. This global approach to the water cycle sees used water – domestic and industrial – and fecal sludge as resources to be exploited.

Abidjan, le 22 mars 2016 - La Banque africaine de développement, partenaire d’une rencontre organisée par le ministère ivoirien des Eaux et Forêts, a célébré la Journée mondiale de l’eau le 22 mars. La cérémonie d’ouverture a eu lieu à Abidjan, présidée par Louis-André Dacoury-Tabley, ministre des Eaux et Forêts, en présence notamment d’Anne Ouloto, ministre de la Salubrité urbaine et de l’assainissement. Facteur essentiel de développement socio-économique, l’eau est également vecteur d’emplois, et c’est sous cet angle que les participants en ont débattu.

In order to manage water fairly, sustainably and efficiently, the African Water Facility (AWF) has approved a grant of 1.4 million euros to Tunisia. This donation will be used to implement the project entitled “Development of the vision and strategy of the water sector by 2050.” This project will take an integrated management approach on resources to contribute to the country’s socioeconomic development.

The African Water Facility (AWF) approved a grant of about €2 million to support a multinational transboundary project to prepare a Climate Resilient Water Resources Investment Strategy and Multipurpose Project for the Orange-Senqu River Basin, serving the population of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. The main goal of this project is to promote sustainable socio-economic growth in the basin riparian countries through climate resilient water resources development in the framework of basin wide cooperation led by the Orange Senqu River Basin Commission (ORASECOM).

The African Water Facility (AWF) provided a grant of close to €2 Million to the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to support the development of 25-year national water supply and sanitation masterplans that will guide the achievement of national universal access for water supply and sanitation through the identification of effective water supply and sanitation projects. The grant proceeds will also go towards building various water stakeholders’ capacities to plan, design, finance, implement and manage water and sanitation projects and infrastructure.

The AWF held on February 21, 2017 a launching ceremony and workshop to officially kick-start the Water Resources Management and Investment Plan project for Somaliland. The AWF has provided a €3-million grant to support this project in the aim of building resilience to climate change and reducing water stress in Somaliland.